Thanks Tom. I have a Pioneer hi fi TT from a garage sale that does me  
fine for casual dubs. Guess I won't feel the need just yet for one  
like this! I dont' do 78s... only Lps, personal use.

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Lou Judson
Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689

On Mar 5, 2011, at 8:08 AM, Tom Fine wrote:

> No level control, and it's been complained about in various online  
> reviews. I think they put in a pretty wimpy preamp (1 IC with the EQ  
> network before the chip and/or in the feedback loop) and run it full- 
> bore, which nets out to safely low level not to overload the non- 
> great A-D chip and USB/SPIDF sections. As I said, this is not  
> transfer/archive grade, but it's better than other multi-purpose USB  
> turntables I've seen and read about. The better isolation and S- 
> tonearm alone make a good case for it. As I said, I prefer the sound  
> quality avoiding the built-in electronics but they aren't so  
> terrible that I wouldn't use them to make a quickie digital dub of  
> lower-fidelity material.
>
> -- Tom Fine